For the grand finale of the Copa Libertadores 2024, Botafogo victory to Atlético Mineiro by 3 to 1 in the Más Monumental and was crowned champion. In this way the set of Thiago Almada made history against the team Gabriel Milito.
Once the victory was achieved, the midfielder spoke to the media. Almada started and played at a high level for about 80 minutes. These were his feelings: “We were the best team in the cup, no rival surpassed us. It is the second most important title of my career”.
Analyzing the match, after 30 seconds Gregore da Silva applied a tremendous iron to Fausto Vera’s face and the Argentine referee Facundo Tello decided to expel the Botafogo man. It is worth adding that the VAR of the match decided not to call him.
Although despite the expulsion, Botafogo regrouped and took control of the match. First he managed to open the scoreboard with the help of Luiz Henrique. While shortly after he widened the difference through a penalty taken by Alex Telles. In the second half Mineiro achieved the discount thanks to Eduardo Vargas. Later it had several approaches. Although Fogao defended well and sealed the 3-1 score through Junior Santos.
The most winners of the Libertadores
Reviewing the historical table of titles, Independiente remains the leader alone with 7 crowns. Just behind is Boca with 6. Peñarol has 5. Further behind are River and Estudiantes with 4. While the following clubs have 3: São Paulo, Palmeiras, Santos, Gremio and Flamengo.
For its part, Botafogo achieves the first title in its history as shared previously. As a matter of color, it was the last ‘big one’ from the neighboring country that still did not have one in its showcase.. It is also the 24th Copa Libertadores that Brazil has won. It was just one away from Argentina.
The South American Cup Winners’ Cup
After today’s consecration, the 2025 Recopa Sudamericana between Racing and Botafogo was confirmed. The Academy will compete in the final after its victory in the Copa Sudamericana. It will be a round-trip series that will be defined in Brazil. The date is not yet known although it would take place at the end of February.
As an extra piece of information, today the six Conmebol representatives for the 2025 Club World Cup to be held in the US were also defined: River, Boca, Flamengo, Fluminense, Palmeiras and Botafogo. That is, two clubs from Argentina and four from Brazil.